Biliblanket

Quick meaning: Biliblanket is a noun meaning Any of various light-emitting blankets that are used for home treatment of jaundice in infants.

Meaning

Any of various light-emitting blankets that are used for home treatment of jaundice in infants.

Example Sentences

Biliblankets are used as another way of giving a jaundiced baby phototherapy treatment.

For more severe cases a biliblanket may be recommended. It's a special blanket that wraps around the baby and works like concentrated sunlight to break down the bilirubin.

The advantage to the biliblanket is that the infant's eyes do not need to be covered as long as the biliblanket is shielded and continuous phototherapy is provided even when holding or feeding the infant.

Word Forms

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Related Words

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